diff --git a/src/ApiService/ApiService/onefuzzlib/JobOperations.cs b/src/ApiService/ApiService/onefuzzlib/JobOperations.cs
index beb2e3480..5510e1dfb 100644
--- a/src/ApiService/ApiService/onefuzzlib/JobOperations.cs
+++ b/src/ApiService/ApiService/onefuzzlib/JobOperations.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public interface IJobOperations : IStatefulOrm<Job, JobState> {
     Async.Task OnStart(Job job);
     IAsyncEnumerable<Job> SearchExpired();
     Async.Task<Job> Stopping(Job job);
+    Async.Task<Job> Init(Job job);
     IAsyncEnumerable<Job> SearchState(IEnumerable<JobState> states);
     Async.Task StopNeverStartedJobs();
     Async.Task StopIfAllDone(Job job);
@@ -73,6 +74,17 @@ public class JobOperations : StatefulOrm<Job, JobState, JobOperations>, IJobOper
         }
     }
 
+    public async Async.Task<Job> Init(Job job) {
+        _logTracer.Info($"init job: {job.JobId}");
+        var enabled = job with { State = JobState.Enabled };
+        var result = await Replace(enabled);
+        if (result.IsOk) {
+            return enabled;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception($"Failed to save job {job.JobId} : {result.ErrorV}");
+        }
+    }
+
     public async Async.Task<Job> Stopping(Job job) {
         job = job with { State = JobState.Stopping };
         var tasks = await _context.TaskOperations.QueryAsync(filter: $"job_id eq '{job.JobId}'").ToListAsync();